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E-Discovery Guidance and Best Practices

Course Description:

Companies routinely create, distribute, store, and duplicate information electronically.  But when it comes to e-discovery, most organizations — more troubling — their attorneys, still don’t seem to get it. 

Legal discovery is not a cookie-cutter process. Each case and corporate environment is different. E-discovery is also very pricey, time-consuming, and risky. If you fail to handle the discovery process properly, you could severely cripple your case and expose yourself and your client to severe sanctions. Moreover, you could spend a bundle while doing it!   

In this practical CCM audio conference, our e-discovery expert will provide you with an inside look at the current state of e-discovery, current best practices, and how to reduce your costs and risks. You'll also learn key tips and invaluable techniques for keeping your data secure.

By the end of this session, you’ll also know:

• Why pre-litigation planning, including data mapping, is crucial to manage risk
• How to institute a defensible legal hold
• Best practices for developing a defensible collection and production process
• How to choose wisely when outsourcing: onshoring, offshoring and ethical considerations
• Best practices for reducing the cost of document review – including privilege review – while maintaining quality and defensibility
• Five costly mistakes to avoid

Featured Faculty:

Michael E. Lackey, Jr., Partner, Mayer Brown LLP

Michael Lackey focuses on civil and criminal litigation and electronic discovery. He represents major companies and individuals in state and federal proceedings, including multi-district and class action litigation, government contract disputes, and appeals. He also has represented defendants in numerous grand jury proceedings and governmental investigations, including those involving alleged antitrust violations in the food additives, construction, marine construction, compact disc, and explosives industries. He is nationally recognized for his knowledge of electronic discovery issues and is a member of the Board of Advisors to the Georgetown University Law School Advanced E-Discovery Institute. In addition, Michael is an award-winning adjunct professor of advanced appellate advocacy at the George Washington University Law School.

Prior to joining Mayer Brown, Michael served as Associate Independent Counsel in the Office of Independent Counsel of David M. Barrett from1997-1998. Before then, he was a lieutenant in the US Navy and graduated from the prestigious “Top Gun” school in 1987. He has a degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from MIT. Because of his military, engineering, class action, and appellate background, he is often sought to handle litigation where it is necessary to understand and distill complex technical and legal concepts.

GEOFF WILCOX, ESQ., VP of Discovery Operations, Black Letter Discovery, Inc.

Geoff leads Black Letter Discovery's onshore document review center in Columbus, OH. Through process-driven best practices and a focus on review team leadership, Geoff helps clients reduce document review spending while maintaining quality and defensibility. Drawing on experience as a litigation attorney, in-house counsel, business consultant and judicial law clerk, Geoff has successfully led review teams in multidistrict and other complex litigation. He is a frequent speaker on e-discovery, and designs and teaches BLD's Continuing Legal Education classes on document review practice. Geoff received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. from Miami University.

MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE:

Pricing:

Your CD recording includes the complete audio conference presentation, audience Q&A and presentation materials.

CLE:

CCM provides audio conference attendees with CLE credit processing services. To expedite CCM processing your CLE request, please complete and submit the evaluation form available from CCM at the conclusion of the audio conference. It will be necessary to enter the following information: name of each attorney requesting CLEs with full contact information, including e-mail address, bar number, and the state in which the attorney wants credits. Each attorney requesting credits must submit an evaluation.

Please be advised CCM audio conferences are subject to approval from each CLE issuing organization and approval is not guaranteed (state bar associations in Delaware, Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania do not grant CLE credits for audio conferences). The approval process takes approximately 6 - 8 weeks for most organizations but can take as long as 3 - 4 months. You will be notified via e-mail with the final status of your CLE application.

Any person applying for CLE credits must attend the audio conference from start to finish (attendance will be taken for compliance reasons). Requests for CLE credits must be received no later than two weeks following the conclusion of the audio conference or live conference. CLE credits are not available for CD recordings.

If you have any questions regarding CLE credits, contact Jill Adler at 631.368.2082 x 21 or jill.adler@meeting-matters.com.

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